Washing machine



May 19, 1936 AB. KOON WASHING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan. 8, 1955 May 19, 1936. A. E. KOON WASHING MACHINE Filed Jan. 8,1955

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lllaail INVENTOR Patented May '19; 1936 A UNITE STATES I and it has particular reference to such a machine 'PA-TENT'OFFICE i WASHING MACHINE Austin E. Koon, Gainesville, Tex.

Application January 8.1935, Serial No. -s54 1 Claim. (eras -1:8)

.This invention relates to Washing machines designed primarily for domestic use.

. The principal object of the invention is -to improve upon laundering machines and apparatus from the'standpoint of simplicity of construction garments out of doors for the purpose of drying the same.

' proceeds,- takeni'n connection panying drawings, wherein:-

mounting for'the wheel With the foregoing objects as paramount, the invention has particular reference to'its salient features of construction andarrangement of parts which will Figure 1 is a perspective view of a machine constructed according to the present invention with portions-broken away to show the interior thereof.

'Figure 2 is a longitudinal section. a

Figure 3 is a fragmentary detail view of the cylinder. a

- Figure 4 is a" transverse section of themachine I with the hood removed and showing the. hinged portion of the cylinder 'dis'placad'preparatoryto.

receiving'garments. a i

Figure 5 is a diametrical section of the cylin- Figured isa-detail'view inperspective showing the divider for separatingthe cylinder into a plurality-of compartments.

Continuing with a more detailed description of the drawings, reference .is primarily made to Figure 1 in which is shown gular receptacle 1 having a to which is connected a hose a preferably rectanliquid outlet"? and 3 which may be of any desired lengthso that the receptacle l 'maybedrained and refilled without removing the same from astove'or other heating medium, if

' l desired.

- The receptacle I is provided with handles .4 at

either end'for convenience in handling. A re-' inforcing'strip Sembracesthe top of the receptacle and as apparent in Figure 4 U-shaped .recesses a. are provided-on either sideo'f thereceptacle'midway between its ends to'receivewhere little become manifest as the description with the accom- I provided for rotating the i -to and fro-in the receptacle l.

the ends 'of stub shafts 6 aifixed to either side of a cylinder l. a

The stub shafts 6 are affixed to .or integral with spider mounts 8, the latter being secured to the walls or ends of the cylinder 1 by means of "r,

distantlyspaced intervals to provide fins or vanes If! in the manner shown particularly in Figures 2-and 5. Whenthe strip of -metal is shaped into 'a cylinder, the fins iii are directed radially inwardly. .Thewalls or ends of the cylinder are affixed by means of soldering, welding or crimping as may be feundthe'most desirable or economical but it is preferred that the'diameter of the ends be slightly greater-than that of the cylinder to provide protruding edges b which will afiord a protection for the cylinder when the latter is removed from the receptacle l and placedon the floor.

of which is approximately two thirds larger thanthe other to provide a means for opening the cylinder for the reception of thegarments to be laundered. The smaller section is hinged at c to the larger section so that the smaller section may be displaced in the manner shownin Figure 4 as the hood H is removed from the receptacle l The cylinder 7 is divided into two sections, one

- rivets 9. The cylinder or drum 1 is constructed 7 preferably by bending a sheet of material at equi- The cylinder 'l is provided with 'amultiplicity of perforations 12 around its entire circumference o for the purpose to be hereinafter explained.

In the operation of. washing clothing, the receptacle l'is first partially filled with water and a desired amount of soap .or washing powders placed in. the water. -The receptacle l is' then set down upon'a stove or other heating means andthe water'is heated within the receptacle. The cylinder 1- is then filled with clothes. Thecover or hinged section of the cylinder is closed and secured by passing the hooks l3 under the pin M, carried by the larger section of the cylinder.

The cylinder is then placed inthe receptacle I v so that the stub shaft 6 will rest in the 'U-shaped recesses a of the receptacle. 7 The hood II is then placed'upon the receptacle I'as shown in- Figure 1.

Acrank (not shown) is then inserted into the squared aperture '23 shown in Figure 1 a and the cylinder is slowly rotated or oscillated This actionabviously' thoroughly .saturates the clothing since the saponified solution passes through the apertures l2 in thecylinder and this solution. together with the beating action to which the garments are subjected by coming into contact with the fins Ii] loofsens the dirt which passes. out

through the apertures l2 into the receptacle I. when the garments have been cleaned, the liquid is drawn off through the hose 3 into a suitable receptacle and clean water substituted. The cylinder I is again rotated until the clothes are thoroughly rinsed. The rinsing water is drained 0!! and it desired, bluing is added to a new supply of water, the cylinder is again rotated and the bluing water is drained off. The cylinder 1' is then opened and the clothing removed. Extraction of the ,water retained in the garments is now required.

Extraction of water in the garments is accomplished by first opening the cylinder and removing the clothing and the divider shown in Figure 6 is installed. in the cylinder. This divider is constructed by bending a sheet of metal I! to the form shown in Figure 6 and ribs it! are produced therein by crimping the sheet transversely.

Another piece of material I9 is similarly crimped at l8 and aflixed to the point where the sheet I! is bent, thereby forming a divider, dividing the cylinder 1 into three compartments as shown in Figure 5. The outer ends of the partitions thus formed are bent in U-shape at d so as to receive certain of the radially disposed fins H1 in the cylinder I. This is likewise illustrated in Figure 5. Thus it will be seen that since the weight of the clothing is equally divided in the cylinder 1, it is less difllcult to rotate and when rotated, water is drawn out of the garments centrifugally through the apertures l2. This action removes the surplus water from thegarments and when sufficiently dry, the extracted water is drained from the receptacle I.

when the extractingand drying process is carried out, it is necessary that the cylinder I be rotated at a higher rate of speed than is necessary during the washing process. For this purpose, the invention provides an attachment such as shown in Figure 1, in the form of a pulley or wheel 20 which is mounted upon a stub shaft 2| extending outwardly from the receptacle 1. A smaller pulley 22, having a squared aperture 23 is provided to receive the squared end [6 of the stub shaft 6. A V-type belt 24 surrounds the pulleys 20 and 22 and the entire assembly is encased in the housing 25 so that it may be mounted inthe manner shown in Figure 1 as a unit and very readily removed. The crank 15 is then applied to the shaft 26 or the pulley 20 and due to the increased ratio of pulley 20 over that of pulley 22, the cylinder 1 may be rotated at a very high rate of speed. In the extracting process, this is highly desirable since the water is drawn from the clothing through the apertures e in the divider thence through apertures [2 in the cylinder 1 into the receptacle I from which it is drained off through the hose 3.

In drying, the receptacle I is placed or allowed to remain on the stove or other heating medium and perhaps elevated so that the flames will not come into direct contact with the bottom of the receptacle and the cylinder I, through the medium of the pulley and belt combination shown in Figure 1 is rotated at a high rate of speed and the dry air within the receptacle is effective in drying out the garments, especially since the excess water has already been extracted. It will be understood that the fins III in the cylinder and the protuberances provided in the divider are effective in tumbling the clothing within the cylinder, thereby exposing the maximum surface to the dry air,

Manifestly, the construction shown is capable of considerable modification and such modification as is considered within the scope and meaning of the appended claim is also considered within the spirit and intent of the invention.

What is claimed is:

The combination in a washing, extracting and drying machine, a receptacle having a liquid inlet and a hood, a perforated, cylindrical material retaining housing disposed in said receptacle and having bearing spindles rot'atably mounted in the ends of said receptacle, said housing being provided with a hinged section to admit material for processing, a series of inwardly directed transverse ribsv in said cylindrical housing, a flanged member arranged to be detachably mounted in said cylinder and having radial walls to divide the same into a predetermined number of sector shaped compartments and whose radial members are formed at their ends to be detachably connected to certain of the ribs of said cylindrical housing, a pulley carried by one of the spindles of said housing, a second and larger pulley spaced from said first pulley, a belt surrounding said pulleys and means to rotate either pulley.

AUSTIN E. KOON. 

